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MUSER PRESS @muser.press · 1d

Marine #heatwaves can jam the ocean’s biological carbon pump, altering plankton communities and slowing #carbon transport to the deep sea, affecting #climate regulation. Nature Communications | DOI: doi.org/10.1038/s414...

Marine heatwaves disrupt ocean food webs and slow carbon transport • Muser Press

Marine heatwaves (MHW) are altering ocean food webs in ways that can slow the transport of carbon to the deep sea, potentially affecting the ocean’s role in

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MUSER PRESS @muser.press · 2d

Despite mountain glaciers providing #Tajikistan with abundant reserves in the otherwise arid region of Central Asia, access to clean, safe drinking #water is still a privilege in the poor country.

Vast reserves, but little to drink: Tajikistan's water struggles • Muser Press

Despite mountain glaciers providing Tajikistan with abundant reserves in the otherwise arid region of Central Asia, access to clean, safe drinking water

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MUSER PRESS @muser.press · 5d

The Net-Zero Banking Alliance, a UN-backed initiative seeking carbon neutral investments by banks, announced Friday its immediate shutdown – at a time of faltering #climate commitments in the United States and Europe.

UN-backed climate banking alliance ceases operations • Muser Press

The Net-Zero Banking Alliance, a UN-backed initiative seeking carbon neutral investments by banks, announced Friday its immediate shutdown -- at a time of

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MUSER PRESS @muser.press · 6d

Jane Goodall, the celebrated primatologist and conservationist, has died

Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking chimpanzee field research and globe-spanning environmental advocacy, has died. She was 91.

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 6d

A paper in Nature Communications identifies 85 previously undocumented lakes beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet. These subglacial lakes fill and drain with a variety of patterns, revealing interconnected hydrological pathways channeling large volumes of water under the ice sheet. ⚒️ 🧪

Detection of 85 new active subglacial lakes in Antarctica from a decade of CryoSat-2 data - Nature Communications

Wilson and colleagues identify 85 previously undocumented lakes beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet. These subglacial lakes fill and drain with a variety of patterns, revealing interconnected hydrological pathways channeling large volumes of water under the ice sheet.

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IPBES @ipbes.net · 7d

Breaking!

In a new paper published in @plos.org, former @ipbes.net Executive Secretary @annelarigauderie.bsky.social and #TransformativeChange Assessment co-chairs explore how stopping biodiversity loss is contingent on transformative change.🌍🏡

🧪 https://plos.io/4oZQEUI @lucasgaribaldi.bsky.social

Underlying causes, indirect drivers and direct drivers of biodiversity loss and nature’s decline.

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MUSER PRESS @muser.press · 7d

#Pope Leo XIV joins environmental experts and campaigners from around the world for a #climate conference near Rome Wednesday featuring “Terminator” star Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Pope, Schwarzenegger to rally Catholics to 'terminate' climate change • Muser Press

Pope Leo XIV joins environmental experts and campaigners from around the world for a climate conference near Rome Wednesday featuring "Terminator" star Arnold

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MUSER PRESS @muser.press · 8d

The project comes as #China presses ahead with the $167 billion Yaxia project upstream of Riew on the river known in #India as the Siang, and in Tibet as the Yarlung Tsangpo.

India plans mega-dam to counter China water fears • Muser Press

On a football field ringed by misty mountains, the air rang with fiery speeches as tribesmen protested a planned mega-dam -- India's latest move in its

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MUSER PRESS @muser.press · 8d

A new PNAS study on yellow warblers reveals how #climate change is reshaping #wildlife, linking genes, traits, and stress markers to show how species struggle to keep pace with a warming world. 🧪🐤🧬
DOI: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

Yellow warblers show how climate change is reshaping wildlife • Muser Press

By studying yellow warbler, researchers hope to better understand response to rapid climate change in wild species

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MUSER PRESS @muser.press · 8d

#Europe is a world leader in the fight against #climatechange but must do more to improve its resilience against global warming, the European Union’s environment agency warned on Monday. #Report #Environment

Europe must step up efforts to protect environment: report • Muser Press

Europe is a world leader in the fight against climate change but must do more to improve its resilience against global warming, the European Union's

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Dr Chris Macdonald @drchrismacdonald.bsky.social · 9d

Over 1000 views already on my newly published paper!

In the paper, I explored practical ways to increase sustainable meal choices and I uncovered something highly impactful using a new approach…

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#sustainablefood #greennudges

Frontiers | Reducing meat consumption with consumer insights and the nudge by proxy: the anomaly of asking, the power of protein, and illusions of insufficiency and availability

High global meat consumption presents significant environmental challenges. Interventions to reduce meat consumption, such as carbon labelling, have shown mo...

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 9d

Over the last year, Nature’s Careers team has been tapping into its global community of readers, writers, friends and colleagues to compile a list of laboratory hacks to help make scientists’ working lives easier. Here’s a list of 99 of those hacks. #Academicsky 🧪

These 99 'lab hacks' will make your scientific work easier

Nature asked contributors, editors and working researchers to share their best advice for scientists.

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MUSER PRESS @muser.press · 9d

#Namibia began deploying hundreds of soldiers on Sunday to fight a #fire that has burned through a third of the vast #Etosha National Park, one of Africa’s largest game reserves, officials said. 🔥

Namibia deploys hundreds of soldiers to fight Etosha fire • Muser Press

Namibia began deploying hundreds of soldiers on Sunday to fight a fire that has burned through a third of the vast Etosha National Park, one of Africa's

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MUSER PRESS @muser.press · 9d

A UC Riverside study in Science finds that Earth’s carbon cycle may not just balance climate – it can overcorrect. Rapid carbon burial could turn global warming into a future ice age. 🧪🌍 DOI: doi.org/10.1126/scie...

Earth’s carbon cycle may trigger future ice age, scientists warn • Muser Press

A new study published in Science suggests that Earth’s natural carbon cycle, long thought to stabilize global temperatures, could instead overcorrect –

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MUSER PRESS @muser.press · 10d

A new Nature Communications study shows that #climatechange may make Europe’s #hailstorms less frequent but more destructive, with southern #Europe facing more tropical-like storms producing very large hail. 🧪https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-62780-0

Climate change may bring fewer but larger hailstorms to Europe • Muser Press

Climate change could make Europe’s hailstorms less frequent but more destructive, according to new research published in Nature Communications. Scientists

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 13d

Changing water temperatures and human-driven introductions of fish have altered the composition of fish populations in streams and rivers across the USA over the past three decades, a study in Nature suggests. go.nature.com/47ZCcWH 🧪

Photo of field crew conducting electroshock sampling for fish as part of the US EPA National Rivers and Streams Assessment in Little Hunting Creek in Virginia, USA.

Photographer: Kevin Biallas

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 12d

A Review in Nature Reviews Biodiversity explores the effects of mining for the renewable energy transition on biodiversity and social conflict. go.nature.com/4nMyiF5 🧪

This is figure 2, which shows the pathways linking mining to biodiversity changes.

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 12d

More marine life is living on some World War II munitions disposed of on the Baltic Sea’s seabed than on the sediment surrounding it, according to a paper in Communications Earth & Environment. go.nature.com/48yFNLy 🌊 🧪

This is figure 5, which shows examples of the species identified from the ROV videos.

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MUSER PRESS @muser.press · 14d

President Donald Trump used his UN comeback address Tuesday to champion fossil fuels and deride green technologies on the eve of a #climate summit called by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to galvanize countries into issuing updated emission-reduction plans. #UN #US

'Greatest con job ever': Trump trashes climate science at UN • Muser Press

President Donald Trump used his UN comeback address Tuesday to champion fossil fuels and deride green technologies on the eve of a climate summit called by

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MUSER PRESS @muser.press · 14d

A new study in Scientific Reports shows how merging #climate scenarios improves #flood risk predictions across 70% of Earth’s land, giving policymakers clearer guidance for climate #adaptation.
DOI: doi.org/10.1038/s415... 🧪🌍

Flood risk predictions improve with new climate modeling method • Muser Press

New climate modeling method offers clearer flood risk predictions under climate change, helping policymakers plan for future warming scenarios.

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MUSER PRESS @muser.press · 15d

Hong Kong shut schools and cancelled flights on Tuesday as Super #TyphoonRagasa neared the financial centre with a force that officials warned would be among the most destructive in the city’s recent history. #China #Philippines #ExtremeWeather

Schools shut, flights cancelled as Typhoon Ragasa nears Hong Kong • Muser Press

Hong Kong shut schools and cancelled flights on Tuesday as Super Typhoon Ragasa neared the financial centre with a force that officials warned would be among

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MUSER PRESS @muser.press · 15d

Global banks are continuing to pour far more money into #fossilfuels than into #cleanenergy, despite their public commitments to support the energy transition. The world’s 65 largest banks financed more than twice as much fossil fuel activity as sustainable power projects between 2021 and 2024.

Banks put more money into fossil fuels than clean energy, report • Muser Press

Global banks are continuing to pour far more money into fossil fuels than into clean energy, despite their public commitments to support the energy

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MUSER PRESS @muser.press · 15d

More than 60,000 people died from #heat in #Europe during last year’s record-breaking summer, a benchmark study said Monday, in the latest warning of the massive toll #climatechange is having on the continent. 🧪🌡️🌍
DOI: doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Over 60,000 Europeans died from heat during 2024 summer: study • Muser Press

More than 60,000 people died from heat in Europe during last year's record-breaking summer, a benchmark study said Monday, in the latest warning of the

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MUSER PRESS @muser.press · 15d

In 2023, the #ocean absorbed 10% less CO₂ than expected as record #heat drove outgassing, especially in the North Atlantic, a study in Nature Climate Change shows. 🧪🌊☀️🌍
DOI: doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Ocean carbon sink weakened as record heat drove CO₂ release in 2023 • Muser Press

The world’s oceans, which act as a crucial buffer against climate change by absorbing about a quarter of human-made carbon dioxide emissions, took in far less

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MUSER PRESS @muser.press · 17d

Warmer climate boosts north German vineyards... for now

Warmer climate boosts north German vineyards, for now • Muser Press

The morning sun shines on lush vines as harvesters pick grapes. The hillside vineyard looks like it could be in Italy but lies near Berlin, where climate

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